Red Pencil in the Woods is the nation's largest conference designed by and for independent editors. Learn from editing, publishing, and marketing experts, and mingle with independent editors from the Northwest and beyond!

The conference offers a full day of workshops, panels, and small-group discussions on a wide range of topics of interest to editors and other word lovers. Admission includes continental breakfast and lunch.

Keynote speaker: Alan Rinzler

We're thrilled to be welcoming Bay Area independent editor and publishing insider Alan Rinzler to Red Pencil 2013. Alan's 50-year career in the book business has included editing and publishing the works of Northwest luminary Tom Robbins as well as Toni Morrison, Hunter S. Thompson, Robert Ludlum, Clive Cussler, and many other distinguished authors. He's held top editing positions at Simon & Schuster, Macmillan, Bantam, the Grove Press, and Rolling Stone magazine as well as its book division, Straight Arrow. Check out his website and blog, alanrinzler.com, for more about his views on writing better and getting published.